Death as resource: A story of organ donation and communication across the ‘great mist’ in Iceland
Social scientific and humanities accounts of death have long spoken of the medicalisation of death in contemporary societies, particularly Western ones. According to these arguments, modern medicine treats death as a failure to be avoided. This special is
Published in: | Medicine Anthropology Theory |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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University of Edinburgh Library
2020
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.17157/mat.4.4.460 https://doaj.org/article/6020398293c947f7936af1c43d474101 |
Summary: | Social scientific and humanities accounts of death have long spoken of the medicalisation of death in contemporary societies, particularly Western ones. According to these arguments, modern medicine treats death as a failure to be avoided. This special is |
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